I've stayed in some pretty sketchy places in my time. In Vientiane, I stayed in the cheapest place the Lonely Planet listed, costing just $1 per night. It was basic, a bit sketch, but generally fine. I've stayed in falling apart hostels, weird backpackers, and gross hotels. But none of the places...
Public StoningIranian courts still order public stonings, and those sentenced are often severely whipped before they are stoned. Women are buried up to their necks before a stoning. If convicted of adultery, Iranian law requires the stones not be too big or too small so that the probable death is...
The history of writing is a long and interesting one. Without living users and comparison examples, an archaeologist that unearths a new script is probably going to spend the rest of their life scratching their head and trying to translate it. Without the equivalent of a Rosetta stone, it's almost...
Based on the information printed on the CIA World Factbook, the government spending on the military is extremely huge worldwide. Based on the figures, military spending all over the world is pegged at 741 billion dollars a year. The figure itself is approximately about 1.5% of the world’s Gross...
Many countries invest quite heavily in their military. The worldwide average is $311 per capita, but this is by no means evenly distributed. Many countries will spend as many as thrice the amount. This is a list of the countries with the highest military expenditures, as computed as per capita (or,...
Prudential P.L.C. of Britain will buy American Internation Group's life insurance business in Asia. The agreement will cost Prudential $35.5 billion dollars. It will be the biggest repayment of the $!80 billion dollars the United States government used to bail out the failing A.I.G. The Federal...
By definition, a pirate is someone who steals at sea. The pirate emerged as a notorious character as early as the 13th century BC. Pirates terrorized the Aegean Sea, they destroyed ships and plundered villages close to the rivers and seas. Their use of violence increased in the Middle Ages and they...
Pirates have been captured by the United States Navy off of the coast of Kenya and Somalia, near 400 miles southeast of Cape Guardafui. The USS Nicholas engaged in battle with pirates early Thursday on the Indian Ocean. Navy officers opened fire on five Somali pirates, sunk their skiff, and...
Apple, Incorporated employed eleven under aged workers to build its iPhones, iPads, and Macintosh computers last year. An audit of Apple's 102 world wide factories found three suppliers hired under aged workers despite the company's policy. A 24 paged report posted on Apple's website revealed...
